Today l equipe reported that the champions league matches could be resumed. If three referees were to be in the var room they would break the 2 meters distance rule so uefa is considering of temporarily suspending the feature. The coronavirus pandemic has forced uefa to suspend matches all over europe of which all countries are currently locked down.
The uefa champions league knockout phase kicks off in a week s time and uefa has met the clubs involved to explain the video assistant referee var system that will be used from the round of. Video assistant referees var. Uefa confirmed on monday that the v ideo assistant referee var system will be used for the first time on thursday in the knockout stages of the 2020 europa league.
Uefa will introduce thicker lines for offside decisions reviewed in the champions league and europa league by video assistant referees vars in a bid to encourage more goals from next season. The uefa executive committee met this morning at the house of european football in nyon and decided to introduce video assistant referees var in the 2019 20 uefa champions league as of the play. Following this week s uefa champions league matches uefa wishes to provide additional information and elements that were taken into consideration by the var and referees in reaching various.
